Author: Bikefast
Taxis in bus lanes plan scrapped
The Department for Infrastructure has scrapped the planned year long experiment to allow 4,500 private taxis into Belfast bus lanes. Hundreds of objections to the policy …
Hello relief road, goodbye active travel safety?
A knee jerk response to car driver anger looks set to put Belfast pedestrians and cyclists in direct danger this week. Belfast Harbour and the Department …
Help out with Shop by bike Belfast 2018 survey
Can you spare a few minutes while doing your grocery shopping to help out with an important cycling study? In 2015 NI Greenways / Bikefast surveyed …
Transport Dept admits defeat in battle to solve Belfast congestion, turns to Mad Titan Thanos
Belfast’s chronic congestion intensified this week with the roll-out of 12 hour bus lanes to support the new Glider bus rapid transit system. Sources last night …
Ciclovia Belfast stuck in the slow lane
As we enter the eighth month of the year, Ciclovia Belfast 2018 has no confirmed date. Bikefast’s Jonathan Hobbs thinks it’s time to reset the event …
Taxis in bus lanes public consultation to be ignored?
Department declines to answer if stopping the ‘proposed experiment’ from going ahead is an option in current consultation In a worrying development for devolved government and …
Belfast Waterside to give car-addicted Belfast one more fix
A £400m development in Belfast includes plans to significantly widen a street to as many as SEVEN lanes, in a move which will serve to accommodate …
Minister’s shocking U-turn on taxis in bus lanes was redacted by Transport Department
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) concealed key sections of a document which show former Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard went into a pivotal meeting on taxis access …
Middlepath Street cycleway hits snag
Belfast’s latest cycleway, being constructed on Middlepath Street, has been delayed due to “engineering issues”. The 600 metre scheme, which will link the Comber Greenway to …
NI budgetary outlook for cycling is bleak
The Department of Finance is consulting on Budgetary Outlook scenarios for the period 2018-20, in lieu of a functioning government. You have until 5pm tomorrow to …